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Our partner East Pendulum is reporting that a 3rd Type 901 replenishment oiler has been spotted (via satellite imagery) at the Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI), Guangdong province in southern China.
The imagery shows the vessel already at an advanced stage of construction with most of the hull already assembled and the forward block ready to be connected to the rest of the hull. This is the third Type 901, a 240 meters long, 48,000 tons replenishment oiler design to support the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) future carrier strike groups (CSG).

The first one, named "Hulun Lake" (or Hulunhun in Chinese, with hull number 965) was commissioned in September last year.

A second Type 901 was launched last summer at the same shipyard (its construction started in late 2016 according to satellite images.

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The official media of South Korea's military is reporting that the last Gumdoksuri-class fast patrol ship was commissioned with the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) on January 11, 2018. Jeon Byeongik (전병익) is the final of 18 PKG (or PKX-A) class patrol vessels.

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While underway for Independent Steaming Exercise Five, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed 401 catapults and arrestments, bringing the total to date to 747. On the final day, Jan. 19, the Ford and Carrier Air Wing 8 team completed 135 traps.

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A $700 million contract has been signed with Lockheed Martin Australia for the Future Submarine Combat System Design, Build and Integration, creating 200 new jobs, majority of which will be based in South Australia.

“This contract will cover work to 2022, including the design of the Combat System and procurement activities to select subsystem and component suppliers.

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The Belgian government (Council of Ministers, following a proposal from Defense Minister Vandeput) agreed today to launch a public procurement procedure for the replacement and initial support of the Belgian Navy (Marinecomponent/Composante) and the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) fleets of mine countermeasure vessels (MCMV).

As far as the Belgian Navy is concerned, six MCMV with related equipment (MCM Toolboxes, USVs, UUVs...), support equipment and initial support will be procured to replace the six existing Tripartite-class MCMV. Six similar, new generation vessels, will also be procured for the Royal Netherlands Navy (to replace its six remaining Tripartite-class MCMV as well). According to a Belgian government press release, other European partners can join this project as a result of this public contract. The vessels and "MCM toolboxes" are expected to be delivered between 2021 and 2030.

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The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assembled outside the United States, was delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defense and assigned to the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) at the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Cameri yesterday.

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ORIGINAL: PaladinZeroSix

I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet....

Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to post links yet, but google "Declassified Cold War files reveal how the Soviets sneaked up behind enemy submarines without sonar".

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Davie Shipbuilding and Federal Fleet Services announced that following an intensive period of at-sea trials and testing, Asterix has been formally accepted by the Department of National Defence and has now entered full operational service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

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ORIGINAL: navyrecognition

The first one, named "Hulun Lake" (or Hulunhun in Chinese, with hull number 965)

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ORIGINAL: strykerpsg

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ORIGINAL: PaladinZeroSix

I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet....

Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to post links yet, but google "Declassified Cold War files reveal how the Soviets sneaked up behind enemy submarines without sonar".

Here's a similar link posted last October at Subsim. Interesting tech indeed, but apparently not good enough to keep up with the newer vessels, or so we are made to believe.

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ORIGINAL: PaladinZeroSix

The upshot is that the CMANO devs need to update the engine and databases with MASINT sensors.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

This isn't son of a gun, but son of a railgun.

Special brass in PLA means real business, electrify new weapons for the future.

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Ma Weiming said in an interview: “In the field of high end electromagnetic facility research, China surely has already surpassed America.”

Dr. Ma: Our IEP tech is world-leading, we use MVDC, America is still using MVAC which is 1st gen tech, they just start pre-research in MVDC.

GT: From the experience of FORD CVN, AAG is more difficult than EMALS. Dr. Ma: You can't draw such a conclusion, we only use 1/5 time in AAG

Dr. Ma: In ten years, EM energy will replace chemical energy.

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In the 1995 Taiwan Strait crisis, the Pentagon dispatched the USS Nimitz to pass through the strait in a high-profile co-defense posture after Beijing held drills in the East China Sea in a bid to discourage Taiwanese against electing a pro-independence president. Beijing had to back down amid Washington’s intervention.

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La Yogism

In 1995 the US carrier group was 600 nauticles away from the location of Chinese military drill. Others are American propaganda.

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South Korea's defense procurement agency Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced today that the first FFX Batch II (FFX II) frigate "Daegu" was delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) launched the lead ship of the new Daegu-class FFX-II frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) on June 2, 2016. Key updates of the Batch II over the ASW-focused Batch I include VLS, full electric propulsion system, a towed array sonar system as well as a larger hangar that can accommodate a 10-ton helicopter (FFX-I has hangar for lighter helicopters like AW159).

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On 1 February 2018, Naval Group floated the FREMM multi-mission frigate Normandie, just 12 months after the start of hull assembly in the building dock on the Lorient site. The completion of this milestone represents an important step, demonstrating the industrial and technological mastery of Naval Group, ensuring compliance with a very tight schedule to be able to deliver, as foreseen, six of the FREMMs ordered by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation) on behalf of the DGA (French Defence Procurement Agency - Direction Générale de l’Armement) to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) before the end of 2019.

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The third Scorpene class submarine constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited for the Indian Navy, was launched today, 31 January 2018. The submarine was named ‘Karanj’.

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The BrahMos Aerospace company will develop a new variant of the BRAHMOS missile with a range of up to 800 km, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.In February 2017, S. Cristopher, Director of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DROD) told Indian media that the range of the BRAHMOS missile would be extended to 450 km and then to 800 km. The variants of the extended range BRAHMOS variants would be available for ground-, sea- and air-based platforms, he added. The official pointed out that the modification of the missile with a range of 800 km would be developed within next two years. However, the development schedule seems to have been shrunk. As a result, in March 2017, India successfully tested the BRAHMOS-ER (Extended Range) missile that had a range of 400 km. According to the Hindustan Times newspaper, the missile is now being reconfigured in order to achieve the goal, namely, to increase its range to 800 km.

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DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea Hunter, to the Office of Naval Research (ONR). ONR will continue developing the revolutionary prototype vehicle—the first of what could ultimately become an entirely new class of ocean-going vessel able to traverse thousands of kilometers over open seas for months at a time, without a single crew member aboard—as the Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV).

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The future USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) held a keel laying ceremony Jan. 30, at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, San Diego.

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BAE Systems will produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 Naval Guns for the Finnish Navy and its Hamina Class Squadron 2000 fast attack craft, under a contract with Patria, the prime contractor for the vessel’s mid-life upgrade and overhaul program.

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The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues fulfilling the contract with the Russian Defense Ministry to upgrade antisubmarine warfare Il-38 aircraft. They are operational in the Russian naval aviation. The Ilyushin Company is extending the life cycle of remaining aircraft and equipping them with modern onboard complexes. The aircraft are engaged both in defense and rescue operations. In the meantime, the Russian Navy plans to order a new-generation antisubmarine patrol aircraft. Its design for the naval aviation is nearing completion, the UAC said.

Expert Vladimir Karnozov said Il-114 will be a proper replacement for the Il-38 family which is still operational in the Russian armed forces. "Naval patrol Il-114 can be equipped with Novella which does not demand major retraining of pilots and technicians. Its flight and technical characteristics which are close and sometimes superior to those of Il-38 allow engaging new tactical means of searching and destroying adversary submarines accumulated by Il-38N crews," he said.

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Indeed reflects the recent speculation that this isnt actually exactly a Railgun, but a Coilgun judging from its round barrel. Remains to be seen, tho.